Trazodone for Anxiety User Reviews (Page 3)

• DeeZee
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• December 12, 2019

"I started taking Trazodone as my anxiety was so bad it was keeping me from sleeping. I started small, taking only half of the 50mg pill, and worked my way up to a level I now take every night. I never exceed one and a half pills though, I found that if I take too much waking up the next morning is rough and I feel like a zombie. But all in all my sleep schedule has been regular since I started taking Trazodone. There are even some nights where I don't have to take it at all, especially since starting therapy. I enjoy the fact that Trazodone isn't addictive."

• Krissy
• May 13, 2018

"I started taking 50 mg at night for sleep. I was told that for anxiety/ depression, the therapeutic dose is much higher. I disagree- I have noticed a difference, not just in my sleep, but in the way I think about things- more logically. Last night, I started to have extreme anxiety/ paranoia. I decided to take my dose early so I would be knocked out, ending the thoughts. It didn't knock me out- maybe it was too early to take it, or maybe I was too anxious. But it did help me calm down, think rationally, and I was able to focus more. I think it's great, If I'm tired and can't sleep, it knocks me out. If I don't need sleep and I'm getting anxiety, it calms me down and helps me think clearly- not like I'm high from from a benzo. I think this is a good med to try in different situations and see what / how/ when it works. Only bad thing: I skipped it one night, thinking because I had to be up earlier, I would be tired the next day. I had like a rebound effect- I was up ALL night.."

• pasta...
• January 14, 2020

"I started taking it about 3-4 months ago, at first I loved it and it helped me sleep through the night. It’s less effective at keeping me asleep but I now have terrible dizziness and vertigo during the day and have started having terrible panic attacks. I will be cutting my dosage in half and then I’m never taking this again."

• Greg
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• May 22, 2020

"I have mixed feeling about trazadone. It helped me a lot, and at that time it was a life saver for me. My insomnia, anxiety, depression just disappeared completely. Before that I had suicidal thoughts, I couldn't get out of the bed, I had social anxiety, panic attacks, but after trazadone I was already a functioning, happy human being. I started to go out with my friends again, I had motivation etc. So far so good BUT it had too many side effects... I needed to sleep like 10-11 hours, I was numb for hours after awakeing, I felt constant dizziness, my sex drive disappeared. And the withdrawal was tough... I had to reduce the amount very slowly. So basically nothing seriously bad, and it is still a decent antidepressant, but there are better SSRIs out there. It will sure help your depression/anxiety, but you will have to pay the price for that (that is true for every medicine btw)"

• Anonymous
• June 18, 2011

"Having taken other medications in the past for severe anxiety, my experiences did vary from sleeplessness to complete and utter loopiness (without control of all my mental faculties). This medicine, taken at night however, I had noticed that the adjustment takes about ten to fifteen days, is absolutely wonderful and very effective for my condition. My only regret is that I hadn't discovered it five years ago."

• sleep...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 11, 2013

"Increases my heart rate and did not help me sleep. If I take it early in the day it helps with anxiety but it is supposed to be a sleep aid. Since it affects my heart and I am near 60 it is not for me."

• Ash
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 30, 2019

"Horrible. I'm in my twenties and trazodone 1) Does not help me sleep and 2) Zaps the energy right out of my body even after I wake up. It feels like when you have a really nasty cold and you're drained physically and emotionally; worst feeling ever."

• Adi
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• March 2, 2018

"I'm very happy. I love trazodone. I have been taking Trazodone for about 1 year and it works for me with my sleep and depression and panic attacks. Trazodone 150mg works for me great!This medication works wonderful. From Romania"

• mjche...
• February 15, 2011

"Trazodone works great for me. I was put on a Prozac for anxiety/depression issues, and Trazodone also for my anxiety related sleep issues. I've been using it for about 8 months now. I take 50mg every night, and I sleep great through the night and feel great the next day. Sometimes if I've had too much caffeine during the day or have something really important happening the next day I'll take a whole pill (100mg.) The 100mg does make me a little drowsy but it usually wears off by mid morning. When I first started taking it I did get dry mouth and had some stomach problems (which could have been caused by the Prozac) but those went away after the first month. It has really helped my anxiety levels and ensures I get a good nights sleep."

• Tracyg
• April 21, 2017

"When I took my dosage at bedtime it was wonderful as long as I didn't have to get back up in the deep sleep it puts me In. Which I desperately need. However I literally will sleep 12 hours straight or until someone wakes me up. So I may need to cut my dose in half. Luckily I am able to stay home or I would be fired."

• sfsbmom
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 5, 2017

"I had terrible gastrointestinal issues with Sertraline and Lexapro, SSRI's, causing me more anxiety then helping. Trazodone does not impact my stomach, and I sleep really well on it, as I was having terrible night time panic attacks, those are gone and stomach is stable."

• babyg...
• December 8, 2010

"I was experiencing nightmares and terrors due to post traumatic stress disorder. They had me wired to the point of insomnia. I knew they weren't real, but the memory in the dream had been real so I was entirely overwhelmed every night with anxiety about going to sleep. I would take 50mg of trazodone every night and within 20 minutes no anxiety and within another 10 min I was dozing off. The only thing was I did have harder time waking in the morning mild hangover, but nothing a spot of coffee and shower did not remedy. I get a full nights sleep now without waking in the middle of the night in a cold sweat or screaming."

• Vixan
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 21, 2021

"I have been taking trazodone for anxiety. I take 50 mg once before bedtime. It doesn’t put me to sleep right away like some people say, but it does prevent me from waking up within the night. Once I’m asleep, I stay asleep which is great. My anxiety has definitely been a lot more manageable, my appetite has improved, and my mood has improved. Disclaimer: I also take bupropion so my experience with trazodone may be different than most since I am taking two medications."

• Naomi...
• June 12, 2016

"I have bpd adhd anxiety and bit of parinoa, the first week of taking it I felt great but now I've got use to taking it now im still getting parinod at work that people are talking behind my back maybe I should go on a higher dose but I'm not to sure if it help paranoia or not"

• Lone
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 21, 2019

"This trazodone gave me severe anxiety over time, where I’d feel incredibly and intensely socially anxious when this wasn’t a true issue, it was general anxiety. It also had the issue of making me feel sleepy, but I could only sleep an hour then I couldn’t go back to sleep, the next day I would feel completely zombified and struggle to even move or do anything. It increases my heart rate a lot and doesn’t mix well with my ADHD medication."

• Ragged
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 8, 2019

"For me it didn't help at all it gave me an increased sensation of fear took it for less then a week the effects of the fear lasted a month+ it was worse at nights nothing like sleeping with the lights on because the fear made me paranoid"

• Mamal...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• April 28, 2016

"Great for getting to sleep and really cool dreams, however too many side effects. I didn't realize it because I was on a couple other drugs for anxiety, so I didn't know which one caused problems. After getting off it I stopped having constant a hot feeling or sweating at night, bowel problems, I thought I had some disease because I had diarrhea all day. I also felt apathy/depression. When weaning off it I felt dizzy and very confused. Had hypotension. Had trouble speaking."

• Annie...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 14, 2018

"I was prescribed 50mg to help me sleep better with chronic anxiety and possibly in a hypomanic state. I took the dose at 10pm. An hour later, I felt a big sluggish and was able to get into bed. Then, fifteen minutes later, my pulse sky rocketed and my heart started beating incredibly fast. I had tingly sensations in my neck chest and arms. I was wide awake until 4am and completely panicked and scared. I’ve been on tons of medications and never had this type of reaction. It felt like cocaine. I stopped taking it immediately."

• Nickf...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 18, 2023

"Prescribed 50mg for anxiety and depression for a 28 day period. I didn’t find it helpful, it made my depression worse and I started to have panic episodes for the last 2 days of use and stopped it. Please consider this drug with caution as the withdrawal symptoms are truly awful…… panic symptoms, palpitations, nausea, headache, tinnitus and gastrointestinal disturbances, these still persist after 6 weeks cessation"

• Mjano
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 14, 2019

"I was given a low dose of Xanax for panic attacks and 100 mg dosage of trazodone for the insomnia at night. The first night I took the 100 mg trazodone I had horrible night terrors and woke up often. The Xanax definitely helped but noticed my panic attacks were getting worse and more frequent. I eventually lowered the dose of trazodone to 50 mg a night and slept well and I found a massive reduction in panic attacks and overall felt better during the day."

• Asrocv
• July 20, 2011

"I have been taking Trazodone for about 2 weeks for anxiety and sleeping problems. After about 2 nights of taking it, I started getting good results and have been sleeping great and anxiety improved. Only setback is the next day after a good nights sleep, I am very tired, sleepy and at times have a weak feeling throughout the day. When evening comes, this problem seems to go away. Also get very mild headaches. "

• Mr...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 5, 2022

"Where do I start? So, I am a male, 42, survivor of pretty horrendous child SA. Suffered undiagnosed PTSD for around 25 years. I found it impossible to sleep, which is not conducive with a nursing career. I have tried mostly all of the SSRIs and lots of alternative therapies, psychotherapy and so on. Nothing really worked. I have been taking 150mg of Trazadone for the last 2 weeks. I have never slept as well as I do now. Vivid dreams which I can remember in graphic detail, but not troubling like before trying this med. I was a little groggy the following day (I dose at night) but this cleared up for me after about a week. Just take earlier in the night and go to bed! Depression is now consistently zero along with the anxiety. I feel energised and motivated. Reconnecting with all of my family and friends and loving every moment. It you are struggling maybe consider trying it. Lots of negative comments on here but everyone is different."

• foreO...
• November 10, 2015

"I was prescribed this for sleep and to help elevate my mood. My prescription was for 25-50 mg at bed times, but I found it wasnt effective for sleep unless I took the entire 50. It worked well for sleep but I experienced many side effects. Some harmless like vivid dreaming, but mostly bad like teeth clenching, nose bleeds, severe nasal dryness and stuffiness, as well as appetite surpression and increased mood swings (mostly anxiety.) I ended up not wanting to tolerate these things and came off it after 3 weeks. It did not elevate my mood, however I may not have been on it long enough."

• Ck95
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• October 27, 2019

"Been on this drug trazodone for over 3 years for anxiety, insomnia and horrible IBS. I took this drug for granted when I decided with my doctors help to stop them. It’s been a month with some nights having 0 sleep, constant butterflies in my tummy, crying spells and bile and blood in my stool. The gut and brain do work together and I messed it up by stopping. Will be going back on this drug to sort it all out."

• Anonymous
• February 15, 2012

"I have been taking trazodone for generalized anxiety disorder, some insomnia and mild depression for 40 days. This medicine helps me a lot for anxiety and insomnia but not too much for the mild depression. I think thanks to trazodone I got girlfriend because I felt relaxed more confident of myself and ideas come easily. I don’t have important side effect just mild ones like getting some nights hard painful erections that makes me worry to get a priamism but finally it doesn’t happen. Sometimes I feel a little sleepy and I experienced a little down in my libido but I am not sure this last one is caused by trazodone, anyway the benefits are over these mild side effects."